fjfr Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 With so many speed cameras, police cars & plainclothes cars, I have to ask why do we still buy fast cars? I feel my car is wasted on these roads, cos whenever i want to have fun in it, i'm shiit scared of getting stopped, so it isn't fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klutch_power Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 to look good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhyds Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 Simple, a fast car is (usually) a powerful one, and it's a lot safer to overtake on today's busy roads when you have power in reserve, and of course there are track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobes49 Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 Cause when you stuck behind someone doing below the speed limit and need to nip past. Also to get your self out of trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian_m Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 Everyone knows some roads where they can "give it some" In reality, the police cannot be everywhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riz Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Everyone knows some roads where they can "give it some" In reality, the police cannot be everywhere [/ QUOTE ] Riz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avus_Bub Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 [ QUOTE ] With so many speed cameras, police cars & plainclothes cars, I have to ask why do we still buy fast cars? I feel my car is wasted on these roads, cos whenever i want to have fun in it, i'm shiit scared of getting stopped, so it isn't fun! [/ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Everyone knows some roads where they can "give it some" In reality, the police cannot be everywhere [/ QUOTE ] AS is right - Everyone has a favorite bit of 'secret' road they cam give it some................. I feel like this about the bike sometimes but 2 or 3 trackdays a year make up for it. Also I'm always out at about 7am to 1pm ish in the summer - safer for me and my licence BUB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 Nobody has a 150mph car to actually drive at 150mph regularly (with the exception of certain law enforcement officers perhaps ). However it means that at lower speeds the car is so much more effortless. Many years ago I had a base model Peugeot 309 1,300cc. Now that car would do 95mph which is 25mph over the absolute legal maximum in this country, so in theory it should be as fast as I'd ever need. But what a gutless asmatic pile of that thing was. YOu'd find yourself constantly dropping a cog on the motorway just to get past someone before they pulled out again. Overtaking was a no go zone. I was constantly thrashing the thing, banging up and down the gears. Dreadful car. My current car will do 140mph and in truth (being an older git than I was when I had the Peugeot plus more cameras etc) I probably drive it slower. But the joy of being on the motorway, car in front moving over, and being able to just squeeze an extra inch of throttle movement and surge effortlessly past rather than banging down a gear, foot to the floor and engine screamng to get past. Powerful cars aren't (just) about going fast, they're about how they perform at sensible speeds, just like decent hi fis have amps capable of ear bleeding volume. Not so you listen to it at thet level but for the extra power, response and control at sane levels. And they just feel so good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riz Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 Again wise words from a wise man..... Ive never broke the speed limit in my life... honest gov! Riz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avus_Bub Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Powerful cars aren't (just) about going fast, they're about how they perform at sensible speeds, just like decent hi fis have amps capable of ear bleeding volume. Not so you listen to it at thet level but for the extra power, response and control at sane levels. [/ QUOTE ] I always use the Hi Fi point when I think I have to justify my Re-Map to anyone. It's a good argument It's also why some of us want a bit more bass from our Bose , Ari.............. BUB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 [ QUOTE ] It's also why some of us want a bit more bass from our Bose , Ari.............. BUB [/ QUOTE ] Chav! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mook Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 [ QUOTE ] With so many speed cameras, police cars & plain clothes cars, I have to ask why do we still buy fast cars? [/ QUOTE ] Because we can, really... Most people I know now have fixed camera detectors and a few have laser diffusers (although these are illegal to use on UK roads). As long as you drive safely and within the limits of you and your car, I don't see that there's a problem. Life would be a bit too boring if we all had 1 litre boxes to drive around in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulkbear Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Life would be a bit too boring if we all had 1 litre boxes to drive around in... [/ QUOTE ] But my job would be a lot easyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_B Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Nobody has a 150mph car to actually drive at 150mph regularly [/ QUOTE ] No, that's right, nor 180 mph cars to drive regularly at 100mph or over, as that would be naughty... I agree completely about the ease of driving at 'lower' speeds though; a big grunty car certainly makes it hard to be stuck behind sub-limit traffic for long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonb Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Life would be a bit too boring if we all had 1 litre boxes to drive around in... [/ QUOTE ] But my job would be a lot easyer [/ QUOTE ] What's your job Mulkbear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulkbear Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 vw tech SEE HEAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonb Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 Oh yeah - just read that one. Right - i seee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazza_g Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 [ QUOTE ] With so many speed cameras, police cars & plainclothes cars, I have to ask why do we still buy fast cars? [/ QUOTE ] because chicks dig them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] With so many speed cameras, police cars & plainclothes cars, I have to ask why do we still buy fast cars? [/ QUOTE ] because chicks dig them [/ QUOTE ] Or more accurately, we like to think they do. In reality chicks dig cars that are "a pretty colour" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTiMK5 Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 Simple. Because we can!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_G Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 MIne's for effortless driving, and all range grunt (technical workd for torque), not for going flat out. However I can still do that at track days. But more importantly it's for the noise and scaring the poo out of the Chav's and Boy Racers of this world and hopefully make them realise that they shoud stop modding and wasting £millions and buy a decent car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cossie604 Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 To make up for our small willys of course lol Still got track days and having a fast car is always a good pub talking point ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 [ QUOTE ] To make up for our small willys of course lol [/ QUOTE ] Speak for yourself mate.. I have a fast car and I'm hung like a donkey Some of us have all the luck i suppose ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cossie604 Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 lol It aint the size of the ship its the motion in the ocean that counts ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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